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2695 postsSpeculative Decoding: The Free Speedup Most Local LLM Setups Skip
Speculative decoding speeds up local LLM inference 1.5-2.5x with identical output; 2026 saw it built into models via multi-token prediction.
GFQL runs Cypher on Polars, no graph database required
GFQL brings Cypher graph queries to Polars on CPU and GPU with no graph database, beating Neo4j and Memgraph by up to 85x on LDBC benchmarks.
pixtuoid: AI coding agents get a pixel-art office in your terminal
pixtuoid renders AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex CLI as animated pixel-art characters in a live terminal office dashboard.
CommitBrief — AI code reviews, right in your terminal
A provider-agnostic, local-first CLI that reviews your staged changes, a historic range, or a whole GitHub pull request. Zero telemetry, no server. Free and open source.
commitbrief.comPhantom: Faster Network Simulation via Linux Process Co-Option
Phantom runs unmodified apps as Linux processes for network simulation, beating Shadow, NS-3, and gRaIL in large-scale benchmarks.
AMD Epyc 9996 'Venice': 256-core Zen 6 chip claims 3.4x lead over Xeon
AMD's 256-core Epyc 9996 Venice Zen 6 chip claims up to 3.4x throughput over Intel Xeon 6980P and 2.2x over Nvidia Vera in early benchmarks.
Show HN: A Real-Data Simulator for a Strait of Hormuz Closure Scenario
An open interactive simulator models a Strait of Hormuz closure using real oil trade data and a network-based economic model.
If ZFS Scrubs Hurt Production, Your Pool Design Is Broken
Painful ZFS scrubs signal undersized pools, not a scrub problem — how special VDEVs offload metadata to fix it.
Why warm npm installs are slow: materializing 1M files, not downloading
Why warm npm/yarn installs stay slow: materializing ~1M files, not fetching, is the bottleneck. A clonefile-based fix cuts install time 5x.
AI Coding Agents Are Absorbing the Leaves, Not the Whole Tree
SWE-bench and METR data track fast AI coding gains, but verification cost — not raw difficulty — still defines where agents stop.
SynthCut: An Open-Source Video Editor Built for AI Agents
SynthCut is an open-source, MCP-driven video editor where AI clients control local FFmpeg edits offline, with multi-track editing and OTIO support.